On Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
Stephen Hawking died today. What good did his science do? (Spoiler alert: Bunches.)
Concepts and Components in Redeeming Cultures
Our microbiology series begins today with a look at live and active Redeeming Cultures.
Live from Jupiter
Just before midnight yesterday morning, the spacecraft Juno entered its orbit of Jupiter after a 1,740 million mile journey that began almost five years ago. The probe is designed to research the tempestuous atmosphere of the planet, and to learn…
A Kilogram of Love
Deep in a vault in the Paris suburbs—behind three different keys, a climate-controlled safe, and two nested glass covers—sits a fist-sized piece of metal that weighs exactly a kilogram – and always has. How has it remained so perfectly weighted? Because this…
The Quantum Physics of The Berenstain Bears
It’s a terrible, horrible plot. The machinations of unfathomable secret societies with impossible technology have struck at our very past, changing reality all around us, warping the world until their dark plan finally came to fruition…they’ve finally and irrevocably changed…
Aliens vs. God
NASA is building a pretty strong case for the existence of aliens, but you could be forgiven for missing the news. Amid the excitement of New Horizons‘ flyby of dwarf-planet Pluto and the incredible photos it returned, it would be easy not to…
Pluto: Invisible made Visible
Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, and it was classified the 9th planet from the sun. Until 1994, we didn’t even know exactly how big it was. And the highest-resolution image we had of the planet was this, taken…
The Googolplex and an Infinite God
There’s more to God in math than just praying before a test. In this mind-reeling post, we look at the holiness of God and how the fact that it’s hard to wrap our minds around sometimes is actually a good thing, and part of His plan to show us how much different than us He really is. Complete with a math lesson.
Lunar Eclipse and Apocalypse
If it’s not cloudy where you live this morning, step outside and look at the moon. Don’t worry, I’ll wait. Isn’t that spectacular? This morning saw a total eclipse of the moon, and it was beautiful. In fact, if you…